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A Botanical Tour Through Various Parts Of The Counties Of Devon And Cornwall by John Pike Jones. This early 19th-century botanical travelogue documents field observations across Devon and Cornwall, combining habitat notes, plant lists, and sketches of landscapes from Exe to the Lizard, Plymouth to Dartmoor. The text records numerous plant species seen on coasts, cliffs, moors, and gardens, with discussions of the distribution of common and rare plants and the influence of climate on flora. The Preface explains the aim to compile a comprehensive Flora Danmoniensis through the cooperation of local botanists, while the Appendix lists plants growing wild in the Chudleigh vicinity and Teignbridge. The work serves as a historical source for regional botany, coastal geography, and 19th-century natural history, illustrating how biodiversity was documented and interpreted in situ.